Distribution and Habitat:It is found in shrub steppe, sparsely wooded, and treeless
areas in the Columbia Basin.

Diet:It is an omnivore and feeds on small birds, rodents,
insects, seeds, carrion, and garbage.

Interesting
fact:If trees are planted near sagebrush, magpies will prey upon native shrub steppe birds in t
hose patches of sagebrush, further reducing the sagebrush obligates (species that only live and breed in sagebrush).

California gullLarus californiusCode:
LACALPhoto: RA

Distribution and Habitat: It is found throughout parts of the western North Pacific Ocean. It breeds on gravel beds along the Columbia
River and large lakes in the Columbia Basin.

Diet:It is an opportunistic scavenger feeding on fish,
crustaceans, bivalves and other invertebrates, as well as
carrion and scavenging items from dumps and other areas of
human habitation.

Interesting fact:This gull is often found nesting together with the Ring-
billed gull. It is Utah's state bird because it saved settlers from starvation when flocks
of California gulls ate the locusts ruining their crops.

CoyoteCanis
latransCode:
CALAT

Distribution and Habitat:It is found in mountainous areas, grasslands, deciduous and mixed coniferous
forests and even urban areas.

Diet:It feeds on whatever
it can find, mostly mammals and carrion, although it also eats birds, fruit, and
insects.

Interesting fact:Efforts to exterminate coyotes have
taken place during the 20th century. Their numbers are still increasing.

Diet:Dragonflies are predators and eat any terrestrial or aquatic insect they can catch. They are alos known to eat small fish during their larval stage.

Interesting fact:Their larvae climb out of the water and harden up like the cocoon of a moth. The adult dragonfly will pull out of a small opening in its back, expand its wings and then fly away.

European
cottontailOryctolagus cuniculusCode:
ORCUPhoto: KMD

Distribution and Habitat:It is native to parts of Europe and northwest Africa. It is only known to occur on nine of the
islands in San Juan County, WA. The Eastern cottontail has been introduced to Washington and is
found in most habitats except medium/high development, estuaries, and closed-canopy forests.

Diet:It is a herbivore and feeds on a variety of plant
life.

Interesting fact:It is
believed that all strains of the domesticated rabbit are derived
from the European cottontail.

Great Basin spadefoot toadSpea
intermontanaCode: SPINPhoto: WDFW

Distribution and Habitat:It is found in semi-arid shrublands, dry woodlands, and other areas where it lives
in the underground burrows of gophers, etc.

Diet:If feeds largely on small mammals including squirrels, rabbits,
gophers, prairie dogs, chipmunks, mice, rats and other small rodents, as
well as domesticated poultry, other small birds, grasshoppers, beetles,
crayfish and fish.

Interesting
fact:The great horned owl is large (the length of an adult's arm from the hand to the elbow).
Screech owls have "horns" and are misidentified as baby great horned owls. Baby owls are the size of their parents when they leave the nest.

Distribution and Habitat:It is found from sea level to over 11,000 feet, in ponds,
lakes, streams, wetlands and other permanent bodies of standing
water.

Diet:It feeds on a variety of insects.

Interesting
fact:Scientists speculate that native
populations of frogs and other groups of amphibians may be rapidly
declining due to the destructive power of increased levels of UV
radiation caused by the decreased filtering ability of the ozone layer.

Distribution and Habitat:It is found
throughout the Pacific Northwest, never too far from small ponds.

Diet:It feeds on a variety of small insects.

Interesting fact:
The Pacific tree frog and the bullfrog are the only 2 frogs you
can easily hear croaking in Washington State. The Pacific tree
frog is smaller in size than a chicken egg and may be shades or
green or brown.

Distribution and Habitat:It is found in wetlands, lakes, ponds and
rivers.

Diet:In the wild, this turtle feeds below the surface of the water on aquatic insects, fish, tadpoles,
worms, carrion and certain types of water plants. In captivity, the painted turtle will accept raw hamburger meat, steak or lettuce.

Interesting fact:The painted turtle populations need monitoring. Although painted turtles are common, young
turtles are not as common as they once were.

Diet:It is an omnivore and
feeds on seeds and a variety of insects,
including caterpillars, grasshoppers, and
beetles.

Interesting fact:The red-winged blackbird always nests in swampy places,
usually in reeds. The most dominant males set up their territory in the middle of the marsh, which is more
protected from predators.

Distribution
and
Habitat:It is found in marshes, ponds,
streams, rivers, wetlands and
ditches. This turtle is primarily found in open canopy forests, such as oak woodlands. It will be found in conifer wetlands
that have open meadows and grasslands nearby.

Diet:It is an
omnivore that feeds upon aquatic plants, insects, fish,
worms, and carrion.

Interesting
fact:Bullfrogs prey on young turtles and are believed to be one of the causes of the turtle's decline.